Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2026 Live Score & Updates: Unadkat Draws First Blood, Phil Salt Departs

A slower onbe from Jaydev Unadkat and Phil Salt pays the price. He goes for an audacious drive and the nall goes up in the air after he misses the timing completely. Heinrich Klaasen Nitish Kumar Reddy has some confusion but the former grabbed it comfrotably. 

Both Phil Salt and Virat Kohli can be very dangerous if they are given enough room.

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Sunrisers Hyderabad have posted 201/9 in the first innings after brilliant knocks from Ishan Kishan and Aniket Verma. Heinrich Klaasen also played a quickfire knock for the Hyderabad-based franchise. Jacob Duffy and Romario Shepherd led the RCB bowling attack with their three-wicket hauls.

RCB need 202 runs to win against SRH in the first match of the IPL 2026.

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Romario Shepherd dismissed Aniket Verma for 43 runs in the sixth delivery of the 19th over. David Payne and Jaydev Unadkat are on the crease for the Sunrisers. SRH 192-9 (19)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Harshal Patel in the fifth delivery of the 18th over for a two-ball duck. Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave away eight runs in this over. Only one boundary came in this over. SRH 175-8 (18)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Romario Shepherd dismissed Harsh Dubey in the sixth delivery of the 17th over for just three runs. Harshal Patel replaced Harsh Dubey on the crease. SRH 167-7 (17)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Abhinandan Singh dismissed Ishan Kishan for 80 runs in the sixth delivery of the 17th over. Harsh Dubey replaced Kishan on the crease. SRH 155-6 (16)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: In the third delivery of the 15th over, Suyash Sharma removed Salil Arora for just nine runs. In the 15th over, Suyash gave away seven runs and claimed a wicket. SRH 142-5 (15)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Romario Shepherd gave away nine runs in the 14th over and picked up a wicket. Salil Arora and Ishan Kishan are on the crease for the Sunrisers. SRH 135-4 (14)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Romario Shepherd removed Heinrich Klaasen in the first delivery of the 14th over for 31 runs. Salil Arora replaced Klaasen on the crease. SRH 127-4 (13.1)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Krunal Pandya gave away 21 runs in the 13th over of the innings. Three sixes came in this over, Kishan hammered two, and Klaasen slammed one. SRH 126-3 (13)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Ishan Kishan slammed a 27-ball half-century in the second delivery of the 12th over. Suyash Sharma gave away 13 runs in the 12th over. Kishan hammered three boundaries in this over. SRH 105-3 (12)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Krunal Pandya gave away five runs in the 11th over of the second innings. No boundary came in this over. SRH 92-3 (11)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Suyash Sharma gave away eight runs in the 10th over of the innings. Ishan Kishan slammed the only boundary of the over for a four in the second delivery. SRH 87-3 (10)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Abhinandan Singh gave away nine runs in the ninth over of the first innings. Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen on the crease for the Sunrisers. Now, it's time for a strategic timeout. SRH 79-3 (9)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women skipper Smriti Mandhana has been spotted at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Mandhana is sitting next to Anushka Sharma.

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Romario Shepherd came into attack and gave away 16 runs in the eighth over of the innings. Heinrich Klaasen slammed two fours, and Ishan Kishan smashed one in this over. SRH 70-3 (8)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: A brilliant spell from Jacob Duffy came to an end. In the seventh over, Duffy gave away only five runs. Kishan and Klaasen are on the crease for the Sunrisers. The SRH batters failed to slam a single boundary in this over. SRH 54-3 (7)

Sunrisers Hyderabad's famed batting lineup has failed to live up to the hype so far and they are badly in need of a stable partnership as it stands.

Jacob Duffy has had a superb start to the IPL. He has now dismissed Nitish Kumar Reddy to pick his 2nd of the evening.

The onus will be on Ishan Kishan to replicate his stupendous T20 World Cup form in this IPL opener.

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Jacob Duffy delivered a brilliant over, taking two wickets and giving only six runs. In the final delivery of the over, Duffy removed Travis Head for 11 runs. Nitish Kumar Reddy replaced Travis Head on the crease. SRH 23-2 (3)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Jacob Duffy removed Abhishek Sharma in the first delivery of the third over. Ishan Kishan replaced Abhishek on the crease. SRH 18-1 (2.1)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Bhuvneshwar Kumar delivered a stunning over in the second over of the innings, giving only 10 runs. Travis Head slammed the only boundary of the over for a four towards the fine leg. SRH 17-0 (2)

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Only seven runs came in the first over of the IPL 2026. It was an economical over from RCB speedster Jacob Duffy. Abhishek Sharma slammed the first six of the IPL 2026 in the fourth delivery of the over. SRH 7-0 (1)
 

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head have opened for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first match of the IPL 2026. On the other hand, Jacob Duffy has started the attack for RCB.

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: A minute of silence was observed at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium to pay tribute to fans who tragically lost their lives in the stampede outside the venue last year.

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates:

Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Shivang Kumar, Liam Livingstone, David Payne, Smaran Ravichandran, Sakib Hussain.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Jacob Bethell, Rasikh Salam Dar, Kanishk Chouhan, Venkatesh Iyer.

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: While speaking at the toss, RCB skipper Rajat Patidar said, "It is a season opener, so let's see how the wicket behaves. There are a lot of positives from last season. We are not defending anything, we will win in IPL 2026 as well. [Injuries] There are a lot of good players in the side and the backup players are great as well. All players are fit and the medical staff is looking after the players. [Message to fans] Thank You so much for supporting. We will try and win this again."

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar (C), Jitesh Sharma (Wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Duffy, Suyash Sharma.

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: While speaking at the toss, SRH skipper Ishan Kishan said, "Feeling good, and we wanted to field first as well. We want to back our instincts. [How to go about the season?] You don't have to start some thing new just because it is IPL. We just want to execute our plans. Obviously Pat is one of the best bowlers, but everyone looks in good touch and I feel we will be on the winning side. [New faces] Salil [Arora] is there, and just want him to keep things simple and trust his instincts."

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates:

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (Wk/C), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga.

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won the toss and opted to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2026 season opener, at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, on Saturday, March 28.

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Ishan Kishan scripted history as he became Sunrisers Hyderabad’s second-youngest skipper at 27y & 253d, behind Kane Williamson (27y, 244d) in 2018.

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Ishan Kishan and Rajat Patidar have taken place for the toss. The southern derby will begin at 7:30 PM IST.

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: RCB head coach Andy Flower cleared the clouds on the Australian seamer Josh Hazlewood's availability for the IPL 2026 season opener against SRH, saying that the Aussie won't be ready for the first match.

"Hazlewood arrived yesterday. He's looking fit. I did comment to him that he looks even younger than I remember him, so he's enjoyed some good downtime, but he's worked hard to get himself back up to full fitness. It's great to have him here. It's even great to have him here in our dressing room and in the meetings. He won't be ready for tomorrow, because he's just got off the plane, and we'll be monitoring his fitness very closely and looking forward to him making his entrance into the IPL," Andy Flower said at the pre-match press conference.

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: RCB players will wear black armbands during their IPL 2026 campaign opener against SRH to pay tribute to fans who tragically lost their lives in the stampede outside the venue last year.

RCB vs SRH, IPL 2026 Live Updates: Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad have met 25 times in IPL history. Sunrisers hold the advantage with 13 wins, while RCB have claimed 11 victories. One match ended without a result.

Matches Played: 25
RCB Won: 13
SRH Won: 13
No Result: 1

RCB vs SRH Live Score & Updates: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the live coverage of IPL 2026! The season kicks off with a thrilling opener as Royal Challengers Bengaluru take on Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday, March 28. Sit back, relax, and follow Republic World’s live updates for every moment of this highly anticipated southern derby.